He said the chief minister also directed a high-level inquiry to find the causes or lapses, if any, that led to the accident.

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An official of the cable auto company said about 100 people, who had used the ropeway, were stranded and rescue efforts were on.

"...It begs the question as to why the cable auto operations weren't suspended in high winds". It severed the lines and the cable vehicle plummeted to the ground, the official said.

The two-stage Gulmarg cable vehicle lift ferries people to a height of 13,780 ft above the sea level.

The cable vehicle service of Gulmarg is hugely popular and draws thousands of people in summer.

He wrote: "What bad news!"

The ropeway project - which has 36 cabins and 18 towers - is a joint venture of the Jammu and Kashmir government and a French firm and is hugely popular with tourists who flock to Gulmarg, a skiing hub.

An official of the cable vehicle company said that around 150 people had got stranded after the ropeway collapse. "That's a laid down SOP".

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